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They Need a Ventilator To Stay Alive. Getting One Can Be a Nightmare.

By Jordan Rau December 2, 2025 KFF Health News Original

Few nursing homes are set up to care for people needing help breathing with a ventilator because of ALS or other infirmities. Insurers often resist paying for ventilators at home, and innovative programs are now endangered by Medicaid cuts.

Rural Jails Turn to Community Health Workers To Help the Newly Released Succeed

By Lillian Mongeau Hughes April 22, 2024 KFF Health News Original

To reduce recidivism, some rural counties are hiring community health workers or peer support specialists to connect people leaving custody to mental health resources, substance use treatment, medical services, and jobs.

How Private Equity Is Investing in Health Care: A Video Primer

By Hannah Norman and Oona Zenda October 26, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Investors are putting money into everything from emergency room obstetrics units and dermatology practices to nursing homes and hospice care — from cradle to grave.

Even Grave Errors at Rehab Hospitals Go Unpenalized and Undisclosed

By Jordan Rau and Irena Hwang, The New York Times July 15, 2025 KFF Health News Original

For-profit hospitals provide most inpatient physical therapy but tend to have worse readmission rates to general hospitals. Medicare doesn’t tell consumers about troubling inspections.

Hospices Have Become Big Business for Private Equity Firms, Raising Concerns About End-of-Life Care

By Markian Hawryluk July 29, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Private equity firms are seeing opportunities for profit in hospice care, once the domain of nonprofit organizations. The investment companies are transforming the industry — and might be jeopardizing patient care — in the process.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Medicaid Machinations

December 1, 2022 KFF Health News Original

The lame-duck Congress has returned to Washington with a long health care to-do list and only a little time. Meanwhile, some of the states that have not yet expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act are rethinking those decisions. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Rachel Cohrs of Stat, and Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these topics and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Fred Clasen-Kelly, who reported and wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” feature, about a mysterious mishap during minor surgery.

She Paid Her Husband’s Hospital Bill. A Year After His Death, They Wanted More Money.

By Samantha Liss August 29, 2023 KFF Health News Original

A widow encountered a perplexing reality in medical billing: Providers can come after patients to collect well after a bill has been paid.

Hospice, Rehab, Psychiatry Set For Modest 2026 Medicare Rate Increase

August 4, 2025 Morning Briefing

The pay increases, which range from 2.5% to 2.6%, go into effect Oct. 1. Today’s health industry news also covers an efficiency effort among hospitals, agentic AI technology, and more.

CMS Pulls Plug On Projects Aimed At Improving Care, Saving On Costs

March 13, 2025 Morning Briefing

One initiative that has been scrapped would have offered some generic drugs to Medicare enrollees for $2. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has backed off hospice oversight.

California’s Massive Medicaid Program Works for Some, but Fails Many Others

By Angela Hart and Bernard J. Wolfson March 2, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Medi-Cal serves more than one-third of the state’s population — offering a dizzying range of care to a diverse population. In the new “Faces of Medi-Cal” series, California Healthline will assess the program’s strengths and weaknesses through the lives and experiences of its enrollees.

Fatigue Is Common Among Older Adults, and It Has Many Possible Causes

By Judith Graham April 4, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Persistent fatigue — the feeling of having no energy — can contribute to frailty and affects 40% to 74% of older patients with chronic illness. Yet its causes can be elusive.

Jimmy Carter Took on the Awful Guinea Worm When No One Else Would — And Triumphed

By Jason Beaubien, NPR and Sam Whitehead March 8, 2023 KFF Health News Original

The effort to end Guinea worm disease relies almost entirely on changes in people’s behavior. There is no cure, no vaccination. When the 39th president of the United States left office, Jimmy Carter campaigned to eradicate the disease.

Community Paramedics Don’t Wait for an Emergency to Visit Rural Patients at Home

By Arielle Zionts May 2, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Community paramedicine is expanding nationwide, including in rural areas, as health care providers, insurers, and state governments recognize its potential to improve health and save money.

Information Blackout Shrouds New Reports of Deaths, Injuries, and Abuse at Montana State Hospital

By Aaron Bolton, MTPR March 2, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Patient injuries, abuse, and neglect have continued at the Montana State Hospital since the state-run psychiatric facility lost its federal certification due to preventable patient deaths. But state officials won’t release details, citing laws making those reports confidential.

Covid Aid Papered Over Colorado Hospital’s Financial Shortcomings

By Markian Hawryluk March 7, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Financial pitfalls at the nation’s highest-elevation hospital serve as a cautionary tale as rural hospitals emerge from the pandemic on shaky ground.

Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care

By Reed Abelson, The New York Times December 4, 2023 KFF Health News Original

Facing a severe shortage of aides and high costs, people trying to keep aging loved ones at home often cobble together a patchwork of family and friends to help.

CMS Raises Medicare Pay For Hospices By 2.9% In Fiscal 2025

July 31, 2024 Morning Briefing

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ final hospice provider reimbursement boost is higher than the 2.6% proposed in March. Also in health industry and pharma news: HealthPartners, Community Health Systems, Mount Sinai, Eisai, Biogen, and more.

Black-Owned Hospice Seeks to Bring Greater Ease in Dying to Black Families

By Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio January 10, 2022 KFF Health News Original

National data shows that Black Medicare patients and their families are not making the move to comfort care as often as white patients are. Experts speculate it’s related to spiritual beliefs and widespread mistrust in the medical system due to decades of discrimination.

Pandemic-Fueled Shortages of Home Health Workers Strand Patients Without Necessary Care

By Judith Graham February 3, 2022 KFF Health News Original

Home health and hospice agencies are experiencing extreme worker shortages, which means they can’t provide services to all the patients seeking care.

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Kansas Makes a Statement

August 4, 2022 KFF Health News Original

In the first official test vote since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters in Kansas’ primary said in no uncertain terms they want to keep a right to abortion in their state constitution. Meanwhile, the Senate is still working to reach a vote before summer recess on its health care-climate-tax measure, but progress is slow. Tami Luhby of CNN, Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call, and Rachel Cohrs of Stat join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews KHN’s Bram Sable-Smith, who wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” installment about a very expensive ambulance trip.

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